The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-04-07

manity was revolutionizcd and all social
problems solved by this discovery. The
conversation and the toasts turned chiefly
upon the necessity OF limiting the produc-
tion, so rs not to give too severe shock TO
the commercial world.
For three weeks Wachtmeister now la
bored steadily in a dingy little laboratory
which he had improvised In an empty back
room in the Harkness block. He delivered
to the millionaire from time to time small
bars of gold which the assay proved to be
genuine; but he complained greatly at be.
ing obliged to work under such disAdvan.
tages with imperfect light and no facilities
for extended production. He dined almost
daily with Hardness, who, as he came ta
know him, was more and more dazzled by
his brilliant talk, scientific requirements.
and inexhaustible fund of anecdotes.
"You be on the look out, DOCTOR" he said
to him one evening as they sat slipping their
Chartreuse and smoking high-favored Ha-
vanas; "ifyou see any thing that'll suit you
for laboratory, you just let me know ans
I'll plank down the cash."
The Teuton betrayed no emotion ut this
proposal; but about a week later, when
there was a tremendous excitement on
change at the revelation of corner in
Harkness favorite stock, he rushed breath
lessly into the latters Office with copy Of
the Ahd in his hand.
"Look hcre,'' he cried: ''here is the very
thing we want. For sale-The property OF
g. L. Perkins, Esq, at Oakland I've just
been out there, and Solomon Sayles has got
the refusal of it at $4,000 They are about
to close the bargain. Now, IL we can offer
$4,000 cash it's ours. 1t is dirt-cheap, but
De- Lra tnha nd
can't raise money in any other way for mar
gins. He has got to have the cash by two
o'clock. Now, if you'll run out there with
me"
~ run out there-are you cracked, man"
roared the millionaire. "Don't you know
that there's something very much hike
panic on change"
''Why, no, 1 hadn't heard of it. Well,
then, send out some agent of yours with
your check for S45, 200 or the right to draw
on you for that ai 1ount."
''The deuce! l hain't got no time to
bother"
He scratched his head angrily, then drew
a check for the required amount and handed
it to Wachtmeister. "You run out and
settle the thing yourself" he said. '1know
the property 1t is worth the money. 1
know, too that Perkins is in tight place.
You'd better hurry"
''But couldn't you send Lawson along
with me.'
'You just clear out. Do you suppose
can spare Lawson on day like this!"
GAN right. You'll hear from me to-mor-
row.
Wachtmcister folded the check, put 1t into
his pocket book, and rushed out as breath
lessly as he had come. 1t was the last time
Mr.. Hardness had the pleasure Of gazing
upon his countenance. He learned by chance
the next day that the Oakland property had
not been sold and that no bid had been made
for it by his Teutonic protege But a man
of twenty millions consoles himself easily.
"a smart chap" he said to himself, nod
ding approvingly; "on the whole it was not
bad investment. The mere experience was
worth s45, 900, with the fun thrown in."
Nv.
1t was in the early winter of 1882 that q
visitor was announced to Miss Katchen
Schrader. She gave a few decorative
touches to her person before the mirror, re-
arranged her hair with a critical eye, and
then burst with headlong ardor into the ad-
joining room and flung herself into the arms
of her visitor. She became conscious, how
ever, before regaining the perpendicular
state, that his enthusiasm was scarcely
equal to her own.
'Well. Max" she said. concealing her dis
appointment, 'tell me the story of your ad-
ventures
Instead Of answering Max pulled from his
pocket a package OF papers which he un-
folded and carefully spread out upon the
table. They were United States bonds Of
the aggregate value of at least $50 1000.
| Katchen's eyes grew big and radiant as
she contemplated the possibilities Of happi-
ness contained in these prosaic figures. 20,
Max, my dear Maxi she cried deIghtedly
''you are rich mani How do love you
But tell me how YOU made so much money"
81 made my experiment in transgressionn -
'Yes, but how did you make it!"
"By the aid of my science"
SNOW don't be provoking! What did you
do?"
81 asserted the power Of an intellect, the
value of which, for practical purposes, you
had the kindness to question"
20, shall go mad, Max, if you don't
tell me-" exclaimed the girl. ''Do have pity
on mer'
"Yery WELL will tell you, not because
you deserve my confidence, but in order to
prove to you that the poverty to which the
devotee of science dooms himself is volun-
tary one, and on that account sublime. The
| stricter moral law which Mr.. Harbitsch and
his like ignore with impunity 1, too, could
ignore and be wealthy as they. To be q
| scoundrel and go to Jail for it requires nc
great intellect; but to make a safe and
profitable experiment in transgression is
quite another thing"
The story was then told, a part Of which
we have already heard; how Max happened
to cross in the steamer with a Dutch pro.